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Re: Badminton?

We had a real "welcome to Chicago" moment years ago when my wife met someone who has become one of her best friends and the answer to, "What do you do" was, "I'm the badminton coach at York." When my wife told me this story, my response was "Badminton? You sure she didn't say 'tennis'? Who plays badminton? That's a varsity sport?" Turns out she played at Arizona State. These people do really exist.

Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

Re: Badminton?

Ha wtf was that. Seriously, no wonder NBC loses money on the Olympics.

Badminton is awesome. I played it all the time while growing up and we would play in gym class. My friend and I dominated that, except when we had to face the teacher. He was incredibly good. He would beat us 2 on 1.

Re: Badminton?

Anthem, you owe me 3 minutes and 47 seconds of my life that I just wasted watching Mary Carillo talk about Badminton that was pretty much filler time for the 2004 Olympics that probably aired at 3am in the morning when no one was watching.

Re: Badminton?

Yeah, that's definitely filler that probably aired at 2 or 3 am. Badminton is a fun game to play, defintely not that good at it, but it's one of those games you break out at a family reunion or with friends....usually with beer in hand....

Re: Badminton?

Re: Badminton?

Honestly

My college roommate was Venezualan National badminton champion. He had two national trophies in our dorm room that were taller than me. He also had all the requesite newpaper articles to prove it. I don't know about now but then he said that badminton was as big in SA as bowling was here (remember this was mid-60's and everyone bowled back then). He gave me instruction in power badminton and then we took on the school (intramurals). He of course sailed thru the league unbeaten and we, as a team, destroyed the league in quick fashion. Like power volleyball, power badminton is NOTHING like you play in your backyard.

If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around..